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I Counsellors at Ixaw^ 

I424 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



AND 



II 608 Ninth St., Washington, D. C. 



I. tS)a»'l (f.onnolly. 



^hos.JSf. Connolly. 



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PATENTS 



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87 Grant Street, Pittsburg, Pa, 




WASHINGTON : 

Printed by John L. G-inck, 633 F St. 

1875. 







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Counsellors at Iiainr^ 

424 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



AND 



608 Ninth St., Washington, D. C. 



^. !K)an'l (Connolly. 



^hos. M. <?o»nolly. 



PATENTS 




;Ontto% faros. & mtm^t 



87 Grant Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 

U ^ , CO) 



WASHINaXON: 

Printed by John L. Gtinck, 633 F St, 

1875. 






Entered according to an act of Congress, in the year 1875, by Connolly Bros., 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. G. 



CONTENTS. O 



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Preliminary Examinations 3 

'' New Departure " 4 

Our Fees 4 

Fees in Advance 4 

Patents— To Whom Granted 6 

The Application 7 

Design Patents 7 

Model 8 

Drawings 8 

Caveats 8 

Appeals 9 

Interferences 9 

Trade-Marks, Labels and Copyrights 10 

Reissues 11 

Correspondence '. 11 

Rejected Cases 12 

Power of Attorney 13 

Special Searches 13 

Dateof Patent 14 

Assignments 14 

Legal Effect of a Patent 15 

Infringements 15 

Foreign Patents 16 

Preparation of Miscellaneous Documents 17 

Testimonials v 19 

References 21 



PATENT OFFICES 

OF 

CONNOLLY BROS., 

424 Walnut St., PhiPa, Pa. 608 Ninth St., Washington, D. C. 

CONNOLLY BROS. & McTIGHE, 

87 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pa, 



Januaby 1, 1875. 
We beg to announce to our friends, and to inventoi'S and 
patentees generally, that with the beginning of our third j^ear 
we have made a "new departure" in our terms and method of 
business, which will hereafter be conducted upon the following 
basis : 

p^v^Wmittavy (^xamittatiott- 

A "preliminary examination," means a search among the 
models of Patents in the U. S. Patent Office, to learn if the in- 
vention in question has been already patented. 

We shall, as heretofore, continue to make, without cliarge^ pre- 
liminary examinations to determine, generally, the patentability 
of any invention. Should you, therefore, have made an inven- 
tion, and wish to know, generally, "Can Iget aPatent for this?" 
send us a sketch and description, and w^e will promptly make 
the necessary search and report to you free of charge. 

But should you w^ish to know if an invention is patentable, 
upon a particular claim^ send us five dollars, with a sketch and 
description, and we will make a special preliminary examination 
to determine the question. 

Experienced patentees will understand, without explanation, 
the relative value of these two sorts of examination. 



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Our fees have been, heretofore, in the main, contingent^ or pay- 
able only when a Patent is allowed. We shall, as heretofore, 
prosecute applications for Patents, (except Reissues^ as herein- 
after explained) for a fee of twenty-live dollars, payable only 
upon the allowance of a Patent. But ^ve shall not accept any such 
cases except from parties whom we already know to be responsible 
and prompt in their payments, or who shall furnish us with good 
securit}^ or other evidence that when the Patent is allowed 
our fees will be promptly paid. In lieu of other security, 
parties may deposit with us, or in other hands, subject to 
our order upon allowance of the Patent, the amount of our fee. 
In every such contingent case, also, where drawings are required, 
the cost thereof, (which in no case will be less than five dollars,) 
must be paid us with the first Government fee, nor will any 
dj'awingbe made or specification written until said G-overnment 
fee and cost of drawing, amounting together to twenty dollars, 
are placed in our hands. The attorney fee on all such contin- 
gent cases will be, ordinarily, twenty-five dollars, never, under 
any circumstance, less, and is exchisive of the cost of the draw- 
ins:, which must be paid in advance, invariably, as above set 
forth. 

1. A fee of five dollars for a special preliminary examination. 
When a favorable report upon an invention is followed by an 

application for a Patent, the fee paid upon the preliminary ex- 
amination will be credited to applicant on account of our charges 
for services in preparing and prosecuting the application. 

2. After preliminary examination, (either general or special,) 
the first Government fee — fifteen dollars, and in contingent cases 
the cost of drawing, usually five dollars. 

3. Hereafter we shall offer special inducements, in the nature 



of lower charges and a sliding scale of fees, for advance pay- 
ments. As above remarked, the cost of drawing, usually five dol- 
lars, and the attorney fee of twenty-five dollars additional, will 
be the lowest amount in any contingent case. If payment be 
made in advance, however, we will, in all ordinary cases, charge 
only twenty-five dollars, which will include the cost of the draw- 
ing. A saving of Jive dollars in every ordinary case will he thus ef- 
fected by payment in advance. In very simple cases, if payment 
be made in advance, the entire charge, including drawings, for 
our services in preparing and prosecuting to a final action, may 
be but twenty dollars. 

The foregomg terms, apply to mechanical or seventeen-year 
Patents. 

For other classes of Patents, &c., our charges, based upon the 
same general system, will be as follows : 

DESIGl^ PATEISTTS. When accepted upon a contingent fee, 
the charge will be usually ten dollars, and the cost of drawings. 
When paid in advance, the ten dollars will include the drawings 
and all charges except Government fees. 

TEADE-MARKS. In advance, including cost of drawings, 
fifteen dollars ; contingent, fifteen doUars and cost of drawing. 
The Government fee on a Trade-mark is twenty-five dollars. 

LABELS. In advance, including Government fee of six dol- 
lars ; entire charge, ten dollars. 

COPYRIGHTS. Payable in advance ; entire fee five dollars. 

REISSUES. (See also p. 11) from twenty five dollars to fifty 
dollars, and upwards. No Reissue case will he undertaken except a 
fee of at least twenty-five dollars bejjaid in advance, 

INTERFERENCES. A retainer of fifty dollars must be paid 
in every such case,whicli;will include all proceedings in the Patent 
Office up to the taking of testimony. When an interference is de- 
clared upon a ''contingent case" tiie attorney fee of twenty-five 
dollars for application will bo considered as then due, and must 
be paid before farther steps will be taken in behalf of the appli- 
cant. 

CAVEATS. A fee of $20, which includes the Government fee 



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of $10, and the cost of the necessary drawmg in ordinary cases, 
payable invariably in advance. 

APPEALS. Where payments for the application have been 
made in advance, there will be no extra charge, except in con- 
tested cases, for conducting appeals. Where a case has been 
accepted upon a contingent fee, the charge will be, in ordinary 
ex parte cases, ten dollars for appeal to Board of Examiners in 
Chief, and a like amount for appeal to the Commissioner 
in person. For conducting an appeal to the Supreme Court of 
the District of Columbia, a fee of fifty dollars, payment in 
advance will be required. 

From tlie foregoing it will be observed, that we no longer 
specially solicit Patent Office practice, upon contingent fees. Oa 
the contrary, it is our aim to make the soliciting conform to the 
leading or legal branch of our practice, the rule of whicli has 
been, since the foundation of these ofifices, payment in advance* 
Still, to satisfy clients who have tested the contingent sj^stem as 
conducted by us and who prefer the same, we offer as liberal 
terms as lieretoforc. 

Our ''new departure," therefore, is not intended to mean an 
abandonment of the contingent fee system. Cases will be re- 
ceived as heretofore, upon these terms — no fee unless a Patent 
is allowed, and will receive as heretofore our best care and at- 
tention. But when payment is made in advance, we shall give 
clients the benefit of lower charges than where cases are accepted 
upon contingent fees. 

To Whoin Granted, 

The inventor of any new and useful art, machine, manufacture 
or composition of matter, is entitled to a patent upon compliance 
with the law^s and official regulations under which patents are 
granted. 

The pre-requisites to the grant of any Patent, are the presenta- 
tion of a formal application and the payment of the prescribed 
fees. 



M\it ^mrtiatiott. 



An application for a Patent comprises a Petition, Specification, 
Affidavit, Drawing and, in mechanical cases, a Model of the In- 
vention. 

Patents are of two kinds, viz., mechanical and desi^^n Patents. 
Under tlie term '' mechanical," are classed all subjects except 
those of a purely ornamental character, which come under the 
head of designs. 

MECHANICAL PATENTS are granted for the term of 
seventeen years. The Government fees payable thereon, are as 
follows : 

Upon filing application $15 00 

After official examination and allowance of application. 20 00 



In full $35 00 

Adding to the above our charges, of $25 or $30, according to 
the conditions of payment, the usual entire expense of a mechani- 
cal Patent obtained through these offices is $60 or $65. 

Design Patents are granted for improvements or novelties 
in the form, configuration, or ornamentation of articles — such as 
wood carvings, metal castings, patterns of shawls, v^c. 

Design Patents are granted for 3^, 7, and 14 years, at the 
option of the applicant. The Government fees are payable in 
advance as follows : 

For3J year Patent $10 00 

For 7 year Patent , 15 00 

For 14 year Patent 30 00 

■ Our fees are as previously given, $10 in advance or $15 upon 
contingency. Design Patents cannot be extended. The appli- 
cant is therefore required to elect the term and pay the corres- 
ponding fee at the time of making application. 



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A model of every mechanical invention (except methods and 
processes) is required to accompany the application for a patent. 
It should be a working model, well and neatly put togetlier, and 
must not exceed twelve inches in dimension. Smaller models 
are preferred. 

Every application admitting of illustration in that way must ■ 
be accompanied by a drawing. These drawings must be neatly I 
and carefully made by competent artists and in accordance with 
strict and peculiar requirements of the Patent Office. We have ! 
a corps of skilled draughtsmen attached to our offices, by whom 
these drawings are made in the proper manner, under onr own 
personal supervision. 

The average charge for a Patent Office drawing is live dollars, 
which, as before stated, must be paid in advance upon contingent 
cases. We make no charge for drawings wiien the attorney fee 
is paid in advance. 

Drawings are required w^herever models are necessary, and 
furnishing one does not dispense with the other. 

A Caveat should be filed in every instance where an inventor 
is not prepared to prosecute, at once, an application for a Patent, 
and when he apprehends that his ideas may become known to 
others, who might take unfair advantage of the same by apply- 
ing for Pi^ents in their own names. 

The efiect of a Caveat is to prevent any other but the Cave- 
ator from procuring a Patent for the invention protected, until 
the question of priorit}^ or ownership of the invention is legally 
determined. ■ 

A Caveat continues in force for one year and maybe renewed p 
from year to year. 

Models are not required in filing Caveats. All that is neces- 
sary to enable us to prepare the papers and drawings are a brief 



description and a sketch of the invention. The Caveat charges 
are payable in full, invariably in advance. 

An Appeal may be taken to the Board of Examiners-in-Chief 
from the decision of an Examiner, who twice refuses to allow 
the claims of any application. 

From the adverse decision of the Examiners-in-Chief an Ap- 
peal may be taken to the Commissioner in person, and from a 
like decision of the Commissioner, an Appeal may be taken to 
the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 

The decision on an interference case maj^ in like manner, 
be appealed from, to the Examiners-in-Chief and to the Com- 
missioner, but no further. 

The official fees on each Appeal, are as follows : To the 
Exminers-in-Chief, ten dollars ; to the Commissioner in person, 
twenty dollars ; to the Supreme Court of the District of Colum- 
bia, ten dollars. 

Our fees on Appeals are, as already stated, and are, in every 

case, strictly payable in advance. 



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An Interference is a trial in the Patent Office to determine 
wiiich of two or more rival claimants is entitled to the Patent. 
The question to be settled in an Interference is, who first made 
the invention in controversy ? 

The fact that one of the parties has already obtained a Patent, 
will not prevent an Interference ; for, although the Commis- 
sioner has no power to cancel a Patent already issued, he may, 
if he finds that another person was the prior inventor, give him 
also a Patent, and thus place both parties on an equal footing 
before the com-ts and the public. 

The question arising in an Interference is determined upon 
testimony taken by the respective parties according to the rules 
and regulations of the Patent Office. 

The conduct of an Interference should be entrusted only to 
lawyers who are familiar alike with the established rules of 
evidence and the course of proceedings in the Patent Office. 



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CoNNOiiLiY Bros., being regularly admitted and practising 
lawj'ers, and having had a long experience in the Patent Office, 
during wliicli tliey have successfully conducted many important 
Interferences, confidentlj^ ofter their services to parties needing 
them in proceedings of this character. 

WxHt-^^nf^^, Wi\M%, and Coirytiijlrtsi. 

Any person or firm domiciled in the United States, or located 
in any country wliich extends similar privileges to citizens of 
the United States, and who are entitled to or intend to adopt any 
lawful Trade-Mark, may obtain registration and protection 
therefor upon compliance with official requirements. Such 
protection continues for thirty years, and at the expiration of 
that period may be renewed for thirty years more. 

The Government charge for registration of a Trade-Mark is 
$25, and is payable on filing tlie application. It is expected that 
Congress will soon reduce this cliarge, which is beyond reason, 
excessive. 

Our charge for procuring registration of a Trade-Mark is $10, 
with the cost of drawing added, in contingent cases, where 
drawings are required. 

The application for registration of a Trade-Mark entails nearly 
or quite the same amount of labor as for a Patent, requiring a 
Petition, Specification, Claims and Affidavit, in view of which 
the charge named will appear moderate. 

LABELS, under the act of 1874, must hereafter be entered at 
the Patent Office, and no longer in the library of Congress. 
The procedure thereon is nearly the same as with a Trade- 
Mark. The entire charge, including a Government fee of $6, is 
$15, pa3'able strictly in advance. 

COPYRIGHTS for books, photographs, engravings, &c., are 
obtained by entering the same in the library of Congress and 
complying with the legal requirements. The entire charge, 
including Government fee, for securing a Copyright through 
these offices, is $5. 



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THE OBJECT of a Reissue is to correct defects in a Patent. 
It is, in reality, a new Patent, obtained by surrendering the origi- 
nal, with a corrected specification, claims, and drawings. 

A Reissue is absohitely necessary, where it is found that the 
invention is inadequately covered by the claims originally allowed 
or imperfectly described or illustrated in the specilication and 
drawing. It is also essential, where it is found that, despite great 
care and attention in the first presentation of the case, designing 
infringers have evaded the claim as allowed, and where, by re- 
W'Ording or enlarging the latter, such infringements can be 
stopped. 

While the Patent Office does not look with disfavor on Re- 
issues, it still regards them with great strictness. Hence, Re- 
issue applications require much more skill and attention in their 
preparation and prosecution than original cases. The arduous 
and responsible nature of the work of obtaining Reissues, and the 
fact that it is not so much the question of novelty of the inven- 
tion as of the scope and extent of the claim sought to be obtain- 
ed, that is considered in these proceedings, forbids our under- 
taking the same npon contingent fees, and hence in all such 
cases we require our fee to be paid in advance. 

The Government fee on a Reissue is thirty dollars, payable on 
filing the application. Should a Reissue be refused by the 
Patent Office, the original Patent will be returned. 

Our fee will vary, according to the amount of work to be done 
in the case, from twenty-five to fifty dollars, and upwards. 

Inventors are cordially invited to correspond with us on all 
matters relating to Patents, and in every case will meet with 
due attention. We do not charge for receiving or reading a 
letter, and, when requested to do so, will always name our fee 
for performing any service not specifically mentioned in these 
pages. Our friends should, however, bear in mind that time is 
valuable to ns, and that labor should be rewarded. A request, 
therefore, to perform some service should always be accompanied 



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by a suitable sum in payment therefor, and mere letters of in- 
quiry should enclose stamps for return postage. This suggestion 
is not necessary for all, as many thoughtfullj^ anticipate it, but 
is respectfully offered for the advantage of those wlio are inex- 
perienced in such matters, and are uncertain as to the proper 
mode of procedure. 



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Parties who have made application in person or by other attor- 
neys, and failed to obtain Patents for their inventions, are in- 
vited to avail themselves of our facilities. We should be furnished 
v^ith a power of attorney, for which a suitable form is herewith 
given, to enable us to examine into the merits of the rejected 
case. We make this examination without charge, and should 
we consider the case hopeful, will exert ourselves to the best of 
our ability to secure a Patent. 

Casesof this character frequently give us fully as much or more 
work to perform than if the applications had been prepared and 
filed by ourselves. For this reason we are generally compelled 
to make the same charge as if the application had been entrusted 
to us in the first instance. 

A large number of the rejected cases now pending in the 
United States Patent Oftice might be speedily allowed if properlj^ 
looked after, their suspension frequently arising from no want 
of merit or novelty in the invention, but from the incapacity or 
neglect of inventors or their agents in presenting or prosecuting 
the application. 

In conformity with a recent decision of the Supreme Court of 
the United States, the Commissioner of Patents has decided that 
a Kejected Application is not a publication under the law ; and, 
therefore, in itself, not a bar to the grant of a Patent, on a sub- 
sequent application for the same invention, and that hereafter it 
shall be the practice of the Patent Office to obtain evidence of 
actual public use of the rejected inventions cited as references, 
in order to overcome the presumption of novelty. 

This decision opens a new and interesting field for the exercise 
of skill on the part of competent attorneys. We have given the 



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matter close and careful study, and are prepared to obtain for 
our clients all the advantages of the new official practice. 

^mtv at §ittoin«y. 

If the Power of Attornej^ be ^iven at anj^ time other than that 
of making application for Patent, it will be in substantially the 
following: form : ^ 

To the Commissioner of Patents : 

The undersigned haviiig, on or about the day of , 187 — , 

made application for Letters Patent for an improvement in , 

hereby appoints Connolly Brothers, of Philadelphia, Washing- 
ton and Pittsburg^his attorneys^ with full power of snhstitiition andre- 
vocation^ to prosecute said application, to make alterations and amend- 
ments theiein^ to receive for transmission the Patent^ and to transact all 
business in the Patent Office connected therewith. 

Signed at , county of , and State of — ■ , 

iMs day of , A. D. 187—. 

Inventor, 
Parties who are tired of the delay or neglect of slothful solici- 
tors and wish speedy attention to their cases, should send us a 
power of attorney (the blanks filled in, of course, and signed,) 
similar to this. We shall thereupon promptly investigate and 
report upon the status of their ca=es, with such suggestions as 
the circumstances seem to require. 



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Rigid investigations are often required by parties interested 
to determine the validity of certain Patents, with a view to the 
prosecution or defence of suits or the investment of capital. 

These searches involve the careful scrutiny and comparison 
with the Patent in view, of all others of the same class, both 
American and Foreign. 

Our Washington Establishment enables us to prosecute these 
searches with despatch and to furnish satisfactory and reliable 
information. 

Ordinarily, no steps should be taken under or on account of a 
Patent, until a thorough search has been instituted by a careful 
attorney, as it very frequently happens that Patents are granted 



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with defective claims, or subject to prior Patents, to the owners 
of which a royalty must be paid before manufacturino-. So, too, 
experienced inventors and professional men consider it highly 
unsafe to bring a suit on the prima facie strength of a Patent 
without a private conlirmatorj" investigation. The cost of a 
search of this character is di^*termined by tlie amount of labor 
involved, and this in turn, is governed mosth^ by the class to 
which this invention belongs. Where the Patents in the class 
are numerous, the search will be, of course, correspondingly 
laborious ; in classes where but few Patents have been granted 
the labor may be slight and in both cases the charge for services 
will be proportioned accordingly. 

5at« of gat^ttt. 

The Patent will bear date from the Tuesday of the week suc- 
ceeding that in which the linal fee is paid. It will not, however-, 
be issued from the Patent Office until tw^o weeks after, the de- 
lay being caused by the printing of the specifications, (fee. It is 
always desirable to forward the final fees as early in the week as 
possible, iu order to insure their being received in time for pay- 
ment in the Patent Office. 

A Patent may be assigned, either wholly or in part, before or 
afier issue, by a suitable instrument in w^riting known as an As- 
signment. If an Assignment be made before paying the final 
fee, the Patent may be issued to the assignee, or to the assignee 
and inventor jointly. 

Every assignment or grant of an exclusive territorial right, as 
well as of an interest in the Patent, must be recorded in the Patent 
Office within three months from the execution thereof; other- 
wise it will be void as against any subsequent purchaser or mort- 
gagee for a valuable consideration, without notice. 

For parties who obtain their Patent through these offices we 
will prepare and have recorded any ordinary assignment for a 
fee of $3. Parties obtaining Patents through other offices will 
be charged $5 for the same. 



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p0al(jj«wt Ota latent 

The legal etfect of a Patent is to confer on the patentee the 
exclusive monopoly in manufacturing, vending and using the 
patented invention, according to the scope of the claims. 

The Claim is the vital element of the Patent, and accord- 
ing to its terms, governs the extent and quality of protection, 
hence according to the character of the claim technically con- 
sidered, the Patent maybe broad and comprehensive, or perfectly 
void and worthless. A large number of Patents procured through 
the agency of incompetent solicitors, whose only aim is to gain a 
fee, are scarcely worth more than the paper upon which they 
are printed. Experienced inventors are very careful in their 
choice of attorneys, and invariably select those whose legal ac- 
quirements and standing in the profession give assurance that 
the scope of the invention will be perfectly comprehended, and 
adequate protection secured. 

In the prosecution of applications for patents, it has always 
been om* rule to consider each case as if our reputation were at 
stake upon the results. We therefore make each application 
the subject of special stud3% sparing no labor essential to the 
obtaining of full and comprehensive claims, anticipating the 
possibility of our future services being in requisition to prosecute 
infringements of the Patents we are soliciting. 

Patentees cannot foresee when, where or under what circum- 
stances the prosecution of infringements will be necessary. 
It is obviously important therefore to entrust the prelimi- 
nary proceedings of obtaining a Patent to skilled counsel, who 
will be able afterwards to conduct or advise in suits with a per- 
fect understanding of the purpose and value of the claims, rather 
than to hazard valuable interests in the hands of incompetent 
solicitors, among wnom must be classed a large part of those who 
have never received the necesssary legal tritining, and are not 
privileged to conduct suits in court. 



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The remedy for infringment is by suit to restrain the infringer 
and recover damages for the unlawful act. Solicitors of Patents 



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who are not members of the legal profession, or lawj^ers who 
are not skilled in this specialty, are alilie incompetent to con- 
duct or defend suits for the infrin2:ement of patents. 

The prosecution and defense of infringement suits, being the 
most important, is also the principal branch of our business. 
Our fees in each case will depend upon its individual char- 
acter, and will be made the subject of special terms and esti- 
mates, according to circumstances. A reasonable retainer, how- 
ever, must invariably precede any active part taken by us in 
Court proceedings in relation to a patent. 

Below, we give a synoposis of the average cost of obtaining 
Foreign Letters Patent through these offices. With a view to 
popularizing the taking out of Foreign Patents for American 
inventions, we liave reduced the charges tliereon to as low a 
figure as we consistently could, and believe the same are more 
reasonable than those of any other responsible parties in the 
United States in the same business. 

Table of Fees, 
Canada. — According to term chosen. 

5 years $60 00 

10 years 80 00 

15 years 100 00 

Great Britain 275 00 

France 90 00 

Belgium 90 00 

Prussia 90 00 

Austria 100 00 

Italy 175 00 

Russia.— 3 years patent 275 00 

5 '' 425 00 

'• 10 " 550 00 

Spain.— 5 '' 225 00 

" 10 " 325 00 

" .15 " 500 00 

The above includes all char£es, attorney and Government 
fees, &c. 



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The payments are all required in advance, and must be in gold 
or its equivalent in currency. The payments on the English 
Patent may be in two instalments, the first $100 (which will 
secure provisional protection for six months) and the balance of 
$175 in about three months and a half after. A reasonable re- 
duction on the above will be made where Patents are sought in 
two or more of the countries named at the same time. 

Further information as to Patents in the above and other 
foreign countries will be found in our special foreign circular. 

Address — 

CONNOLLY BROTHERS, 

424 Walnut St, Phila., Pa; or 608 Ninth St.. Washington, D. C; or 
87 Grant St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

In the preparation of papers, such as contracts and the like, 
in relation to Patents, w^e are prepared to render parties legal 
services in regulating the measures for the disposal of their 
rights. The members of this firm are regularly educated and 
practicing law^yers, having professional knowledge of the laws 
relating to business matters generally. Inventors can, there- 
fore, rely on having contracts and other documents entrusted to 
us, wiiether relating directly or indirectly to Patents, prepared 
with accuracy. Our charges for such services are moderate. 

As an example, the cost of an agreement between parties 
manufacturing under a Patent (which should always in such 
cases be entered into, as joint inventors^ or inventor and assignee, 
are not^ by reason of that relation^ paiiners) will be ordinarily from 
$5 to $10. 



We select and here present a few of the letters received last 
year from parties testifying to the manner in which we transact 

business. 

Office of Kenny & McPahtland, 

New York, Apiil 3, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros.. 

Gents : You have our thanks for the promptitude with which 
you have prosecuted our application, and we consider its success 
as mainly due to your endeavors. 

Yours respectfully, KENNY & McPAETLAND. 



Pittsburg, Pa , Nov, 30, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros. 

Gentlemen : I beg- leave to return you my thanks for your 
energj' and promptness in procuring the United States Patent 
for my Car Lock. Believe me I siiall recommend your firm 
wherever I may be, and trust I may be successful in doing 
something in return for your faithful performance in regard to 
the above. 

I am, dear sirs, yours respecfully, R. H. LAN GLANDS. 



Sullivan, Illinois, April 8, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros. 

Gents : Your favor of the 2d inst. to hand, and contents duly 
noted. Please accept my thanks for your prompt action in my 
case. Hoping I may be able to be your patron again inside ot 
twelve months, I remain yours trulv, 

THOMAS H. BEYEPtlDGE. 



New York, Feb. 2, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros., Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen : Allow me to thank j^ou for your promptness, 
&c., in regard to obtaining a Patent for my Lifting Jack and I 
should be very willing to recommend your firm to any one 
requiring your assistance in regard to Patents. 
Yours very truly, 

JOHN N. CROSBY. 



Portland, Oregon, Jan. 23d, 1874. 
Connolly Bros. 

Gents : I am very happy to state that I received your favor of 
January 5th, last evening, and thank you for your trouble, and for 



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doing more for me than I requested by sending copies of Patents 
seeming to conflict with my invention. 
Yours respectfully, 

A. MATTERSON. 



TuSKEGEE, Ala., June 22d, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros. 

Gents : Have just returned home from a trip of several 
weeks and find my Patent all right. Am much obliged to you, 
for your energy and promptness, and hope I will hereafter be 
able to reward you in your business. Be assured I will recom- 
mend you to all of my friends. 

Eespectfully yours, 

ZACH. ROGERS. 



Adair, III., Dec. 7th, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros., 

Sirs : I have been so busily engaged ever since I received my 
Letters Patent, that I have not had time to write to you, but in 
short I will say I am very thankful to you for your faithful 
and prompt action in procuring Letters Patent in my Trough 
case. • I have received my Letters in good style and am well 
pleased with them ; I shall use all my influence with my fellow 
inventors to your interest. 

Yours truly, 

JOS. H. HUNTER. 



TiTUSViLLE, Pa. Nov. SOtJi, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros., 

Gents : In reply to your letter of Oct. 13th, let me first ex- 
press my sincere thanks for your kind and unremitting attention 
to the prosecution of my application for a Patent. 
Yours truly, 

W. M. COOMBS. 



Quincy, Ills., Nov. ^Oth, 1874. 
Messrs. Connolly Bros., Washington, D. C. 

Sirs : Yours of 2d inst., enclosing P. O. order for $20 returned 
and sketch of A. S. Honson's Patent was duly received. While 
feeling thankful to you for the fairness and honesty you have 
manifested wiih me I regret that there is anything in the way 
of my obtaining a Patent. 

Respectfully, 

D. J. GORTON. 



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Ange, Henry, 5048 Tacony St., Phila. 
Ahrends & G-erhard, 10th and Spruce, 

Reading, Pa. 
Ardrey, Robert, 4546 Maine st., 

Frankford, Phila. 
Adams, Peter, Burlington, N. J. 
Alden, C E., 928 Fairmount Ave. 
Boggs, Theodore Gr. ,700 Walnut st., 

Phila. 
Brady, John T., 2207 Pemberton st., 

Phila. 
Bitter, Harry, 24 n. 13th st., Phila. 
Brannen, James, 404 Race st., Phila. 
Beasley, Wm. Fessenden, Louisville, 

Ky. 
Bellemere, J. F., 320 n. 6th st., Read- 
ing, Pa. 
Blaisse, G-eo., F., 404 Race St., Phila. 
Bate, Wm. S., 821 Cherry st., (Cor- 
nelius & Sons, Phila. 
Bradford, John, Wilmington, Del 
Bixler, W. H., Man. Ed. Express, 

Easton, Pa. 
Barclay, Samuel J., 147 Smith ville 

St., Pittsburgh. 
Blaisse & Crites. 404 Raecst., Phila. 
Blackmore, F.,3425 Market st.. West 

Phila. 
Bench, E. R., C31 n. 45th st., West 

Phila. 
Bradley, Wm. F., 917 Walnut st. 
Brown, James, (John Brown's Sons) 

3d and Moore Sts., Phila. 
Buckley, T. J., 711 s. John St. Phila. 
Booth, Geo., 59 and 61 n2d St. Phila. 
Bley, Wm., Ruseville, Chester Co. 

Pa. 
Begbie, James, 1949 Wamock St 

Phila. 
Bary, H. M. B., 2422 Master St. Phila. 
Bechler, John A. 677 Master St. " 
Sail, Chas. E., 405 Commerce St. " 
Brown, J. B., 117 n 63 St. " 

Bueil, M., New Castle, Del. 
Beagle, Henry, 444 York Ave. Phila. 
Byram. Frank A., G-erman town, " 
Bnmhall & D'Lamatter, Wil., Del. 
Brown, W. D., Le Roy, HI 
Bissell, S., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Bristow, J. J., Whiting Point, HI. 
Black. J. F., Lancaster, HI. 
Bohan, E. R., Mankato, Minn. 
Blake, H. H., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Bevcridge, T. H., Sullivan, HI. 
Barnas, W. J., Sullivau. HI. 



Brook, J. S., Sullivan. HI. 

Becker, Leander, York, Pa. 

Conner, Jas., 3923 Ludlow st., Phila. 

Conner, Jas., and A. J. Fuller, Lud- 
low St., Phila. 

Camp, L. C.,1910 Mt. Vernon St., Pha. 

Carroll, Chas E., 713 Morris st , " 

Crites, Wm. F., 2341 Mutter st., " 

Clarke, Dr. Henry, 87 McCullough, 
Baltimore, Md . 

Cooper & Hall, 4309 Fr'kf d st., Phila. 

Coburn, J. J., 943 Sartain St. '* 

Conrad, Osborne, 252 n 5th St. " 

Cox, John J. 2008 Brandywine, *' 

Connery, James W., Boiler Depot, 
Baldwin Locomotive W'ks, Phila. 

Corfield, Wm., 16 Decatur St. 

Clark, Robt. D., 1012 Market st., " 

Carr, W. Hart, 402 Walnut st. " 

Cundey, Elijah, 413 Cherry St. " 

Oarr, L. G., 930 Faitrmount Ave. *' 

Clay, Clemens, 40 n 5th st. " 

Chambers & Co., 133 n 3d st., " 

Crotzer, Henry W., 241 n 3d st., " 

Cl-em, David B., 1103 Wood st. 

Conway, Bros., Church st. " 

Charlton, J.. 323 Chestnut St. " 

Campbell, Walter, 117 Elm st„ Cam- 
den, N. J. 

Campbell, Chris. M. Glassboro, N. J. 

Combs, Abel, 706 Pine st. or 139 n 9th 
St. , Phila. 

Curtis, Chas. M., M. D., 1704 Chest- 
nut St., Phila. 

Conner, Herbert N., 18th and Vine 
sts., Phila. 

Cook, Thomas G., s. e. cor. York and 
Thompson sts., 19th ward. 

Coyle U. B., 622 Filbert st., Phila. 

Clossen, Mordecai, Riverside, N.J. 

Culver, S., Sandwich, HI. 

Crosby, J. E., 351 w. 17th st., N. Y. 

Chambers, B. C, Shady Plain, Pa. 

Crawford & Lmdsay, Jacksonville, 
111. 

Dean, F. H., New Market, Md. 

Durrin, W., Wilson, Wis. 

Diraond, A. F., Cresson, Pa. 

Dexter & Lane, Quincy, HI. 

Diamond State Car Spring Manufac- 
turing Co., Wilmington, Del. 

Davis, Wm., 3518 Old Year Road, 
Rising Sun, Phila. 

De Butt, John, 117 New St., Phila. 

Dotterer, D. H., 121 south 4th st. " 



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Dowdell, A. W., 1438 Camac St., Phila. 
Davis, W. T., 408 N. 5th St., Phila. 
Edgarton, N. H., 924 Chestnut st. Ph. 
Erdman, JohnF. W., 730 Pear street, 

West Phila. 
Everett, Elisha E., 2352 Mascher St., 

Pliila. 
Fischer, Ernest Julius, 209Coates St., 

Phila. 
Fox, Chas D.. 2124 Pine St., Phila. 
Fleer, F. R., 834 Walnut St., Reading, 

Pa. 
Forster and Stowell, 1319 Arch st., 

Phila. 
Fox, Henry C. & Sons, Glass Manu- 
factory, Sutherland ave., Phila. 
Fewkes, Jos . T., 20 Hudson st., Phila. 
Fricke, Adolphus W., P. & R. R. R. 

Depot, 9th and Green, Dela. 
Farley, James, 1011 Ellsworth st., 

Phila. 
Fergus, David, 1110 Marks Lane, 

Phila. 
Field, J. L., 1514 Spring Garden, 

Phila. 
Flynn, F. E., 454 E Girard ave., Pha. 
Fitzgibbons, M., 47 Ann St., N. Y. 
Fuller, A. J., 4024 Ludlow st., Phila. 
Francis, John W., 10 Walnut st., " 
Fergus, James, 1019 Pascal st., " 
Getz, Edm., 1758 N. 11th St., 
Grot", Wm. C, 115 n. 2d st., Camden, 

N.J. 
Grange. Wra., & Co., 319 Market St., 

Phila. 
Gubbins, Rich. R., 351 River st., 

Trov, N. Y. 
Glasser, H. S., 716 Chestnut st., Pha. 
Gilbert, Geo. & Charles B . Frank- 
ford, Phila. 
Gerkin Cornelius, 306 Monroe st., 

Phila. 
Gardner, Joseph M. D., Louisville 

Ky. 
Gheen, John W., Front and Tatnall 

St.. Wilmington, Del. 
Goodell, Braun & Co., 1509 Willow 

St. 

Gottwals, John Z., 53 Wylie av., 

Pittsburgh, Pa 
Gallagher, Ed. P., 44 West 11th st., 

Erie, Pa. 
Gerhard & Ahrens, 10th & Spruce st., 

Reading, Pa. 
Globe Can Co., Arch st., Phila. 
Giistin. J., Wilmington, Ohio. 
Graham. C. H.. Rochester, Pa. 
Green, Jno., Salmeville, Ohio. 
Graham. W., Salmeville, Ohio. 
Gassidy. M., 211 Green st., Jersey 

Citv. N. J. 
Gorton, D J. Quincy, Dl. 
Guicheteau. Rev. F., New York, N. Y. 
Hinson, C. R., Wadesboro, N. C. 



Hobson, L, Hepter, Kansas. 
Harnden, W^. W., Lannton, Mass. 
Hadley, C. H., Noank, Conn. 
Hunter, J. H., Adair, HI. 
Hildebrand, T., Wilmington, Ohio. 
Hughes, S. F., Pittsburg. Pa. 
Henry McPartland, 70 Warren st.,N. 

Y. citv. 
Holzer, I. & E. R., 1228 n. 13th st., 

Phi la . 
Harris, S., 31, south 17tli st. 
Herring. Richard N., Chein's Land- 
ing, Camden, N. J. 
Harrison , James , 1728 Beech wood st. , 

Phila. 
Hubner & Sons, Landsdale, Montg. 

Co., Pa. 
Hazard, Thos., Willmington, Clinton 

Co. , Ohio. 
Hutchinson, H. M., 2304 Waterlow 

St., Phila. 
Hamm, S., 1617 Moyamensing ave , 

Phila. 
Hickev, Pat., 536 New Market st., 

Phila. 
Hartman, Z. T., 2162 n. 7th St., Pha. 
Hartell & Letchworth, 15 n. 5th st. " 
Hiestand, David Vincent., Chester 

Co., Pa. 
Huskey, C. H., 604 Franklin st., Pha. 
Hauck, Fh.,1307M German town ave., 

Pha. 
Hays, S. C, 715 Market st., Phila. 
Hamilton, F. C, 618 Fisher st., *' 
Hutchins & Mabbett, 123 s. 2d st., " 
Hayes, James P., Wilmington, Del. 
Irons, James, 132, n. 4th st., Phila. 
Johnson, S. B., 1333 Vine St., " 

Jackson, R., 4th and Market st., " 
Kersey, J. J. , 2318 Jefferson st , '* 
Kenderick, I., 125 Walnut St., Phila. 
Koshland, H., 328 Chestnut St., Pha. 
Kram, Jacob, 31 Springer st., Ger- 
man town, Pa. 
Kollock, Dr. MathewH., W. Phila. 
Krieble, Hosea K., Ambler Park, 

Montgomery Co., Pa. 
Krebs, Chas,, cor. Front & Madisons, 

Wilmington, Del. 
Knowles, Chas., 602 s. 2d st., Phila. 
Kelsey, Orlando, 625 Commerce st. 
Keyytone Injector Manufacturing Co. 

625 Commerce st., Phila. 
Llovd, Chas W., 803 Coates st.. Ph. 
Lipman, H L.. 32 s. 4th St., Phila. 
Lusbv, C. C, 749 Martin st., Phila. 
Lake, Ezra B., Toms Riyer, N. J. 
Lash, John J., 1908 s. 10th st., Phila. 
Laubach, F. P., Catasauqua, Pa. 
Lingg & Bro . 302 s. 4th st., Phila. 
Leisingring, H. G., 927 Sansom st., 

PhJla. 
Lov, D. O., Farmer City, 111. 
Langlands, J. H., Pittsburg, Pa. 



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Land, Silas, 630 Race St., Phla. 
Larkin, J. B., Pittsburg-, Pa. 
McDaniel, Francis, 821 Cherry St., 

Piiila. 
Michel, T. L.., 7 Bright St., 25th ward, 

Phila. 
M^Conn, J., 912 Walnnt, Phila. 
Mercinbeck, B. E., 1007 E. Dauphin 

St., Phiia. 
McMaster, Jas. M., Camden, N. J. 
Macomber, Wiilets, 302 w. Sd st., 

Chester, Pa. 
McNamee, J., s. w. cor. 53d and Vine 

St., West Phila., Pa. 
McCully, R., 113 Vine St., Phila. 
Moore, J. C. 218 n. 2d St., Phila. 
McFadden, Pat., 1124 Race St.. Phila. 
Morgan, Wm. W., 719 Sp. a.', Phila. 
McAfee, Wm., Trenton av. & Adams 

St., Phila. 
McUosker, B., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Marchant, W. I., 1387 Chestnut st., 

and 2U03 Camel st., Phila. 
Murphy, John, 531 n. Front st.. Ph. 
Maroney & Marshall, 4 w. 5th street, 

Wilmington, Bel. 
Minnich, Daniel, 1220 Shackamaxon 

St., Phila. 
McCouUay, John E., 622 s. 9tli street, 

Phila. 
Mullally, John, 321 e. 41st St., N. Y. 
McCoy & Roberts, 1210 Market st., 

Phila. 
McNeir. Andrew S., 1016 Clayborne 

St., Phila. 
McBride, Thos. 243 s. 6tli st., Phila. 
McLaughlin, Thos. G., Glen Riddle, 

Delaware Co.. Pa. 
McKnight, Rev. H. W., Easton, Pa. 
Neale, Chas., Marietta, Pa. 
Oppenheimer & Bro., 255 Market st., 

Phila. 
Oliphant, Jno., Mercer, Pa. 
Odenbaugh, J., Goshen, Ind. 
Parvin, R. C. Farming ton, Fulton 

Co., 111. 
Proctor & Lindsay, 12th and Noble 

sts., Phila. 
Palfrey man, Geo., 1526 Ridge ave., 

Phila. 
Pedrick, Wm., 107 n. 5th st., Phila. 
Parker, Henry, 109 n. 7tli St., 3d il'r, 

Phila. 
Pruden, Condit, cor. 11th and Ridge 

ave., Phila. 
Pickles, James C, Wilmington, Del. 
Pagan, Oresies, 814 Almond st., 18th 

ward, Phila. 
Phila. Burring Machine Works, 12lh 

and Noble, Phiia. 
Perkins, G. J , Fort Elmo, 111. 
Q,uinn, J. J., Pittsburg, Pa, 



Queen, .Tames W. & Co., 922 Chest- 
nut St., Phila. 
Ricart, Thos. L., Media, Delaware 

Co., Pa. 
Rogan, Thomas, 3433 Market st., W. 

Piula. 
Reiir, W. H., 252 n. 5th st.. Phila. 
Reed, Chas. M., Dennisville, Cape 

May Co.. N. J. 
Roberts, Matthew H., 1210 Market 

St., Piiila. 
Rush, Thomas J., 1140 Dimton St., 

Phila. 
Ru Lh, Samuel R., Akron, Lancaster, 

Pa. 
Righter. Geo. W. , 3206 Haverford st. , 

Phila. 
Ryan, .James, 56 n. 6tli St., Phila. 
Rynear, E. B., Upper Dublin P. O., 

Montgomery Co., Pa. 
Robeson, C. M., 1233 Walnut St., Pha. 
Ryner, James B., 626 Commerce st., 

Phila. 
Riles, L. A., Oxford P. O., Orange 

Co., IN, Y. 
Rogerson, W. B., Paterson, N. J. 
Rankin, A , 253 Madison St., Phila. 
Ryckman, J. C, Linden st. , Frank- 
ford, Phila. 
Stott, A., 2637 Harverford st., Phila. 
Schmidt & Grunninger, Civil Engi- 
neers, New York city 
Scott, M., Homewood, Pa. 
Starrett k Keal, Payson, 111. 
Soumeillan, John, 2231 Cedar St., 

19th Ward, Phila, 
Schatz, Geo., and Zimmerman, John, 

Graters Ford, Montg. Co., Pa. 
Stockton, Wm. D., 1317 Otis St., 

Phila. 
Smith, A. B., Chester, Orange Co. 

N. Y. 
Shaw, W. T., Front and Justison St., 

Wilmington, Del. 
Skidmore, Wm. H., 314 Wyoming St., 

Phila. 
Sherwin, J. T., N. Y. city. 
StefTan & Co., 1344 and 46 n. Front st., 

Phila. 
Scott, C. (Scott & Day) 38 n. 3d st., 

Phila. 
Shelos, Wm., 23d above Race, Phila. 
Smith, Leonardo, (Jackson & Smith) 

223 Market St. Phila. 
Smith, W. H., 227 n. 13th st., Phila. 
Strow, Wile & Co., 1330 Callowhill 

St., Phila. 
Trinder W.. 19 and Fitzwater, Phila. 
Tucker, G. R., 55 Goodman st., Ris- 
ing Sun, Piiila., Pa. 
Thomas, A. W., 801 Race st., Phila. 
and 91 White st., N. Y. 



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Taylor, Porter W., Essex, Coiin. 
Tobin, Jos. F., 82 Duane St., N. Y. 
Tracy, E., s.w. cor. 6tli and Cliestnut 

St., Pliila. 
Van Brunt, W. A., Horicon, Wis. 
Yanneman, E,. U ., 235 Perry St., JS . Y. 
Yanders, H. T. Lansdale, Montg. Co., 

Pa 
Willeby, Capt. S. P. 123 Congress St. 

Phila. 
White, Jos., 125 n. 7th St. 
West, I. M., Wilmington, Oliio. 
Wall, J. & B., Wilmington, Ohio. 
Wood, Enoch, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Weaver, C P , 1526 n. 20th st., Phila. 
Ward, John D., Rochester, N. Y. 
Ware, John W. and Maria L., 1224 

N. 16th St. 
Williams, Jacob T., 213 Race St., Pha. 
Wendell, H A.,148H s.4th st., Phila. 
Winter, W. W., 127 n. 4th st., Phila. 
Wilson, Geo. H. Elmwood, Dl. 
Williamson, Harry, 216 Market st., 

Wil., Del. 



Wendell, J. P., 1483^ s.4th st., Phila. 

Walker, D. J.. 805 Walker st„ Phila. 

Winterbottom, W. S., 229 Price St., 
Germ., Phila. 

Wagner, F., Smick st., Manayunk, 
Phila. 

Warfleld, O. A., 1835 Fitzwater St.. 
Phila. 

Whitney, O. W., Glassboro, N. J. 

Wiles, Stron & Co., 1320 Callowhill, 
Phila. 

Wenger, Amb., Akron, Lancaster, 
la. 

Williamson, J. E., Ringoes, Hunger- 
ton Co., N. J. 

Whitfield, Sr. F. E., Cornish, Mass. 

Wood, Henry, superintendent, Phila. 
& Bait. Cent. R. R. 

Young, Thos. J., 27th and Oakford st. 
Phila. 

Young, Uanl. W., 333 East Hunting- 
don. 

Zimmerman, John, Graters Ford, 
Montgomery Co.. Pa. 



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